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San Francisco Giants’ Matt Moore (45) watches San Francisco Giants’ Jae-Gyun Hwang (1) field the ball as he errors against the Cleveland Indians in the sixth inning of their MLB game at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California, on Monday, July 17, 2017. (JosieLepe/Bay Area News Group)

The Giants entered the 2019 season with tempered hopes and played down to expectations through the first three months of the season. Then came a rip-roaring start to July that catapulted the team into the postseason picture and might even have forestalled a midseason house-cleaning.

July was a long time ago. Now the Giants are staggering to the finish line, playing to some of the smallest home crowds since before their World Series cluster.